Ajay Goel, Ph.D., AGAF

1991-1996, Ph.D., Biophysics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
1988-1990, M.S. (Honors), Biophysics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
1985-1988, B.S. (Honors), Biophysics, Panjab University, Chandigarh, India
1998-present, AGAF - Fellow, American Gastroenterology Association
2020-present, Associate Director of Basic Science, Comprehensive Cancer Center, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
2019-present, Professor and Chair, Department of Molecular Diagnostics and Experimental Therapeutics, City of Hope, Duarte, CA
2016-2019, Michael A Ramsay Chair in Cancer Genomics, Baylor Scott & White Healthcare
2015-2019, Adjunct Distinguished Professor, School of Biomedical Sciences at Curtin University, Perth, Australia
2015-2019, Adjunct Professor, Baylor University Institute for Biomedical Studies, Baylor University, Waco, TX
2014-2019, Director, Center for Translational Genomics and Oncology, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute and Charles A Sammons Cancer Center, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
2012-2019, Director, Center for Gastrointestinal Research, Baylor Scott & White Research Institute and Charles A Sammons Cancer Center, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
2005-2019, Investigator/Professor, Baylor Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
2011-2014, Director, Epigenetics and Cancer Prevention Research, Baylor Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
2003-2005, Associate Investigator (equivalent to Associate Professor), Baylor Research Institute, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, TX
2001-2003, Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Medicine and Cancer Center, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California
Awards
- 2022, Top cited article in 2021, Scientific Reports
- 2021, Elected nominating committee member, American Gastroenterological Association (AGA)
- 2020, Board of directors nominee, Gastric Cancer Foundation
- 2020, Erudite Scholar award, Kerala State Higher Education Council, Government of India
- 2020, R. Robert & Sally Funderberg Research award, AGA
- 2019, Ludwig Cancer Research-Hilton Foundation Partnership award
- 2019, Top cited article in 2018, Scientific Reports
- 2019, Best of the Journal award, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) for the Top cited article in 2017, Clinical Cancer Research
- 2018, Best poster award, annual Baylor-TGen alliance meeting
- 2018, Podium presentation, AACR 2018 annual meeting
- 2018, Top Reviewer award, Gastroenterology journal
- 2018, Four oral presentations, including at AGA's Plenary Topic Forum, Digestive Disease Week (DDW)
- 2018, Poster of Distinction award, AGA
- 2018, Selected for oral presentation, AACR 2018 annual meeting
- 2017, National Cancer Institute Pancreatic Cancer Detection Consortium U01 grant award
- 2017, Three oral presentations, AGA's Plenary Topic Forum, DDW
- 2017, Poster of Distinction award, AGA
- 2016, Selected into the AACR Basic Cancer Research Fellowships Scientific Review Award Committee
- 2016, Poster of Distinction award, AGA
- 2016, Michael A. Ramsay Chair in Translational Genomics and Oncology
- 2016, Poster of Distinction awards at the annual AGA/DDW meetings in San Diego, CA
Memberships
- 2022-present, Member, European Society of Medical Oncology
- 2022-present, Member, American Pancreatic Association
- 2018-present, Member, Early Detection Research Network
- 2017-present, Member, Pancreatic Cancer Detection Consortium
- 2017-present, Member, American Society of Clinical Oncology
- 2017-present, Member, Cancer Epigenetics Society
- 1998-present, Member, American Association for Cancer Research
- 1998-present, Member and Fellow, American Gastroenterology Association
- 1993-present, Member, Electron Microscopy Society of India
- 1989-present, Lifetime Member, Society of Biophysicists of India
- 1989-present, Member, Association of Medical Physicists of India
- 1994-1996, Member, Microscopy Society of America
- Nakamura K and Goel A (2023). Re: The Diagnostic Specificity in Blood-based miRNA Signatures Should be Fully Evaluated. Gastroenterology, (In Review).
- Li L, Goel A*, and Wang X (2022). Novel paradigms of mitochondrial biology and function: Potential clinical significance in the era of precision medicine. Cell Biology and Toxicology, 38(3): 371-375. PMID: 35618927 (*Co-corresponding author).
- Goel A (2022). The era of biomarkers and precision medicine in colorectal cancer: an interview with Ajay Goel. Epigenomics, 14(6): 345-349. PMID: 35081730.
- Moloudizargari M, Rahmani J, Asghari MH, and Goel A (2022). The prognostic role of miR-31 in colorectal cancer. The results of a meta-analysis of 4720 patients. Epigenomics, 14(2):101-112. PMID: 34894715.
- Toden S and Goel A (2022). Non-coding RNAs as liquid biopsy biomarkers in cancer. British Journal of Cancer, 126(3): 351-360. PMID: 35013579.
- Wada Y, Zhu Z, and Goel A (2022). Author reply to the article entitled Noninvasive identification of lymph node metastasis in T1 colorectal cancer by a transcriptomic panel based on liquid biopsy assay: additional analytical strategies are needed. Gastroenterology, 162(1):348-349. PMID: 34529991.
- Renwick N, El-Osta A, Salamon, I, Broseghini E, Ferracin M, Poliseno L, Jankauskas SS, Santulli G, Xiao H, Shiu PKT, Roy S and Goel A (2021). The non-coding RNA journal club: Highlights on recent papers-9. Non-coding RNA, 7(3):58. PMID: 34564320. PMCID: PMC8482151.
- Moloudizargari M, Asghari MH and Goel A (2021). The therapeutic triad of extracellular vesicles: As drug targets, as drugs, and as drug carriers. Biochemical Pharmacology, 192:114714. PMID: 34222957.
- Chen Y, Wu T, Zhu Z, Han G, Huang H, Zhang L, Goel A, Yang M and Wang X (2021). An integrated workflow for biomarker development using microRNAs in extracellular vesicles for cancer precision medicine. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 74:134-155. PMID: 33766650.
- Lorzadeh A, Romero-Wolf M, Goel A and Jadhav U (2021). Epigenetic regulation of intestinal and stem cells: A balancing act of DNA and histone methylation. Gastroenterology, 160(7):2267-2282. PMID: 33775639. PMCID: PMC8169626.
- Ming H, Li B, Goel A* and Huang C (2021). Long non-coding RNAs and cancer metastasis: molecular basis and therapeutic implications. BBA Reviews on Cancer, 1875(2):188519. PMID: 33548345.
- Yang Y, Yan X, Li X, Ma Y and Goel A (2021). Long non-coding RNAs in colorectal cancer: Novel oncogenic mechanisms and promising clinical applications. Cancer Letters, 504:67-80. PMID: 33577977. PMCID: PMC9715275.
- Zhao Y, Wang C, and Goel A (2021). Role of gut microbiota in epigenetic regulation of colorectal cancer. BBA Reviews on Cancer, 1875(1): 188490. PMID: 33321173. PMCID: PMC7856101.
- Toden S, Zumwalt T and Goel A (2021). Non-coding RNAs and potential therapeutic targeting in cancer. BBA Reviews on Cancer, 1875(1): 188491. PMID: 33316377. PMCID: PMC7856203.
- Sharma GG, Okada Y, Von Hoff D and Goel A (2021). Non-coding RNA biomarkers in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma. Seminars in Cancer Biology, 75:153-168.PMID: 33049362. PMCID: PMC8035348.
- Boland CR, Goel A, and Patel S (2020). The genetic and epigenetic landscape of early-onset colorectal cancer. Colorectal Cancer, 9(3): https://doi.org/10.2217/crc-2020-0005
- Crichton DJ, Altinok A, Amos C, Anton K, Cinquini L, Colbert M, Feng Z, Goel A, Kelly S, Kincaid S, Liu D, Lomeyda S, Mahabal A, Patriotis C and Srivastava S (2020). Cancer biomarkers and big data: A planetary science approach. Cancer Cell, 38(6): 757-760. PMID: 32976775.
- Weng W and Goel A (2020). Curcumin and colorectal cancer: An update and current perspective on this natural medicine. Seminars in Cancer Biology, S1044-579X(20)30044-4. PMID: 32088363. PMCID: PMC7438305.
- Cui XL, Nie J, Ku J, Dougherty U, West-Szymanski DC, Collin F, Ellison CK, Sieh L, Ning Y, Deng Z, Zhao CWT, Bergamaschi A, Pekow J, Wei J, Beadell AV, Zhang Z, Sharma G, Talwar R, Arensdorf P, Karpus J, Goel A, Bissonnette M, Zhang W, Levy S, He C (2020). A human tissue map of 5-hydroxymethylcytosines exhibits tissue specificity through gene and enhancer modulation. Nature Communications, 11(1): 6161. PMID: 33268789. PMCID: PMC7710742
- Lane JS, Cridebring D, Von Hoff DD and Goel A (2020). Extracellular vesicles in diagnosis and treatment of pancreatic cancer: Current state and future perspectives. Cancers, 12(6): e1530. PMID: 32532129. PMCID: PMC7352217.
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